DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in this story. All right to Beyblade go to Takao Aoki and Shogakukan. The story however is mine.
A youngster by the name of Kenny is sat at a bar stool drinking milk. He has dark brown hair which covers his eyes, and he wears a pair of glasses on his head. He also wears a white t-shirt with a green tie, brown shorts, and dark brown shoes with white socks. He flips open his laptop, and a familiar female voice talks to him.
"What'd I miss Chief? Did you get to go home early?" asked Dizzi.
"Pretty much. Working there can be tough, even on my brain," Kenny joked.
"Why not call Tyson? You haven't talked to him in weeks, and he's always good for a laugh," Dizzi asked.
Kenny laughed and nodded in agreement. He then picked his phone out his pocket and dialed Tyson's number.
Over in Japan...
There is a young man practicing various strikes on a rotating training dummy. He sports dark blue hair and brown eyes, and is wearing a red jacket over a black t-shirt, along with grey jeans, blue and red shoes and black gloves.
After he is finished training, he hears his phone go off. He flips it open and puts it to his ear.
"Hello Tyson. It's been a while," said a familiar voice.
"Kenny. Man, how long has it been?" Tyson replied.
"Too long. How's the dojo?" Kenny asked. Tyson took note that his friend's voice had broken, sounding a bit deeper than usual.
"It's okay as it goes. I thought it would be hard considering me and Hilary are all that's left to take care of it, but it's been fine so far," Tyson said.
"Yeah. I remember hearing about your grandpa. I'm sorry Tyson," Kenny said, causing Tyson to get a little teary-eyed.
"It's okay Kenny. Things have gotten better. How are things over at the big, fancy research center?" Tyson asked, causing Kenny to smirk.
"Things are great! I've never seen so much technology around!" Kenny replied excitedly.
"Watch out chief, we don't want Dizzi to get jealous," Tyson said with a smirk, which made Kenny giggle a bit.
"It was good talking to you Tyson. Take care," Kenny said.
"You too bro," Tyson replied.
After his conversation with Kenny, Tyson sat down on the floor and thought to himself. It had been a while since he talked to his other friends. Daichi, Ray, Max... and Kai. Especially Kai. Tyson remember the last battle he had with him after Tyson had beaten Brooklyn. Even though the battle with Kai was for fun, they both still took it seriously. It ended with Tyson winning, but they both enjoyed themselves. Tyson picked his phone back up and dialed Ray's number. He thought now would be a good time to talk to him.
Over in China...
A black-haired young man hears his phone go off. He walks over to answer it, and smiles upon seeing who is calling. He is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, along with blue jeans and black shoes. He also has golden coloured eyes, that almost look like a cat's eyes.
"Tyson! It's been a while buddy!" said Ray. He and Tyson had been friends a long time.
"Yeah, it has. How's the chef life?" Tyson asked.
"It's pretty good. It's actually pretty humbling to be such a good cook and keep things on a low level by helping the people here," Ray replied. Tyson liked that Ray's kindness hadn't dwindled, even after all these years.
"We've all got things now. I've got my grandpa's dojo, you've got people to feed, Max is working back in America with his dad, and Kai is... well, truth be told, I have no clue," Tyson said, making Ray laugh a bit.
"Yeah. He was always the mysterious type. How's Hilary?" Ray asked.
"She's pretty good. We've been going out for about a year and a half now. I've been thinking about asking her to move in with me," Tyson asked. Ray congratulated his friend, and Tyson then asked "How's Mariah?"
"She's good. I've actually been thinking about asking her to marry me," Ray said.
"That's great news pal! What about the rest of the White Tigers?" Tyson asked.
"They're all good. They're teaching the kids around here to beyblade. I think that with some luck, we can find someone who can dethrone even you, Tyson," Ray said jokingly. It made Tyson laugh.
"Good one buddy. I'm gonna go now. Got a lot of training to do," Tyson said, then after he and Ray said their goodbyes, they both hung up. This made Ray think to himself that he should call Max to see how he was doing.
Over in America...
A blonde haired, blue-eyed kid by the name of Max picks up his phone, and flips it open. He's wearing a green and yellow baseball t-shirt, alongside some orange jeans and green shoes.
"Hey, Max here," he said.
"Hey buddy. Been a while. How are things?" Ray asked.
"Oh, they're good. Still working with my dad on some new beyblade parts. The sport is so popular over here right now, we can barely go a second without someone wanting a new part!" Max exclaimed, making Ray laugh.
"It's good that they're learning the tricks of the trade though," Ray said.
"Yeah, it is. Look, I've been meaning to ask you something," Max said. This piqued Ray's interest, as he simply said "Oh?"
"You and me never really got to battle properly. I mean, sure, there was training, that four way between you, me, Rick and Lee, and that one that was more of a fan thing that had our other teammates before we reformed as the Bladebreakers, but you and me never got to battle properly," Max said. Ray nodded at that. His friend was right. They never got to have a battle between the two of them.
"I'm in. Just say when," Ray said.
"How about over in your home turf? I can pay for pretty much everything, and me and my parents are actually coming to China to help out, so maybe we can meet in the middle," Max said.
"Sounds good to me. Oh, one last thing before I go," Ray said.
"What is it?" Max asked.
"You haven't heard from Kai have you? I've tried calling him, but got nothing," Ray said, a bit regretfully.
"No. I've tried calling him too. He's always been aloof, but this is odd even for him," Max said.
"I think it's worth looking into. Anyway, I'm gonna go, and I look forward to fighting you," Ray said.
"Yeah, you too. See you later dude," Max said, and he then hung up. Max then sat down and fished a photo out of his left jean pocket. It was a picture of him hugging his girlfriend, Mariam from behind. She had blue hair and green eyes. In it, Mariam wore her Saint Shields garb, and Max wore more or less what he was wearing today, only his jeans were blue.
With Kai, in Russia...
A blue-haired, purple-eyed man by the name of Kai is practicing Beyblading. He has launched his signature Dranzer blade into a bey dish in a dark room. He is wearing his signature blue face-paint and white scarf. He's also wearing a black t-shirt, a purple jacket over it, grey jeans, black gloves, and black and red shoes. The dish he is practicing in is completely customized to suit his needs; at his feet is a pad where, if he steps on a button, a different hazard or element will be added, and each time Kai found a way to beat them.
He did this three times a day, switching between five different hazards per session, and training for an hour and a half per session too. Whenever Kai wasn't blading, he was keeping his physical strength up in a makeshift gym, using weights, speed-bags, heavy-bags, treadmills, the works. It was all in the safety of his own home too. He bought a nice cushy house, with the walls and floors made mostly of white marble. It was distant from the rest of the world.
As his Dranzer blade came back up to him, Kai started thinking about the fun times he had with his friends and former teammates. He thought about the battles he had with Ray, Max, and his greatest rival, Tyson. He thought about his last battle with Tyson before everyone went their separate ways.
Eight years previously...
Kai and Tyson had launched their blades against one another. They promised each other a battle if Tyson one the BEGA tournament, and win he did. Hundreds of fans surrounded Tyson and Kai, and among them were their BBA Revolutions teammates, Ray, Daichi, and Max, and the teams of White Tiger X, the PPB All Starz, the Blitzkrieg Boys, F-Dynasty, The Majestics, the Dark Bladers, Barthez Battalion, and the BEGA League themselves. Also among them was Tyson's grandfather, Ryu, the president of the BBA, Mr. Dickenson, and the announcer of any and all beybattles, DJ Jazzman. They all got excited as they were about to see Tyson and Kai go head to head once more.
Sorry for making this such a short chapter, but this is more of an introduction thing than anything else, and the battle will be on the next chapter. And the reason the story's called "Eight Years Later" is because it's been eight years since the end of Beyblade: G-Revolution. Also, in case you were wondering, Daichi will be in it, and they're still using their Heavy Metal System blades from G-Revolution. I will continue this, and I will be working on my sequel to "Fast Times At Mobius High". It's under the working title of "The Next Level" until I or you can think of something better. Please PM me your suggestions. Anyway, I'm out. Peace.